GUILTY UT - Peggy Case, 26, Spanish Fork, 9 July 1988 *Arrest in 2017*

[Niner]

Bumping up @MsFacetious - any updates yet? TIA!

 

[MsFacetious]

Not on the docket, nothing in the news.

 

[Niner]

Geez... nothing for any of the Utah cases....

 

[Niner]

Bumping up again for @MsFacetious - wondering if there might be any updates.
Going to bump up the other Utah cases for you too!
TIA!

 

[MsFacetious]

Still notta Niner.

 

[Niner]

and another month has gone by - so bumping up for you @MsFacetious ! TIA!

 

[kporter]

On July 11, the court ordered an evaluation into whether Kufrin is competent to stand trial. His defense counsel had filed a motion, expressing concern that Kufrin did not comprehend the nature of the proceedings or the charges against him. The State stipulated to the order.

 

[Niner]

On July 11, the court ordered an evaluation into whether Kufrin is competent to stand trial. His defense counsel had filed a motion, expressing concern that Kufrin did not comprehend the nature of the proceedings or the charges against him. The State stipulated to the order.

Was this 7/11/18 or 2019? As he did have a court hearing last year on 7/11.

 

[Niner]

Bumping this up for you @MsFacetious - anything new for Peggy Sue's case?

TIA!

 

[Niner]

Guessing @MsFacetious - there is nothing new on the court site for Peggy Sue's case? TIA!

 

[Niner]

Bumping up again for you @MsFacetious - anything new for Peggy Sue's case? TIA!

 

[MsFacetious]

Nothing on the docket. I don't see any more recent news article either.

 

[Niner]

MsFacetious!

 

[MsFacetious]

COMPETENT!

‘A grave is a luxury’: Case advances in death of Utahn missing for more than 30 years

For nearly three decades after her adult daughter vanished, JoAnn Ellsworth reminded her surviving children of a lesson she had learned as a teenager.

“A grave is a luxury,” she told them.

Ellsworth, an orphan from age 17, had made a ritual of visiting her parents’ burial sites. Before her death three years ago at age 83, the Payson mother had no such opportunity to mourn Peggy Sue Case, last seen alive with her boyfriend, Michael Ignatius Kufrin.

“A day didn’t go by that she didn’t wonder what happened,” Case’s sister Christine Riley said Friday.

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The 62-year-old Kufrin, formally charged with murder after the discovery of the remains, has been declared competent in the criminal case.

The Monday finding from 4th District Judge Kraig Powell comes after separate evaluations from doctors. It means Kufrin can sufficiently understand the criminal case against him and work with his attorney.

 

[Luckyzmom]

Yes /\ /\ Thanks so much for the update

 

[Niner]

from the article in post #114

He is due back in court Jan. 6.

 

[PezCandy]

I honestly can’t find any decent MSM about Peggy Sue. The stuff I do find has just been about the disappearance then her remains found in basement. I did see something about testing of possible bloodstains on a pair of khakis and a machete, but I haven’t learned if anything came of the evidence found. Have any of you following peggys case found anything out or are we all just waiting on the suspect to speak in court to find out what happened???
Also, thanks @Niner for bumping this thread, i obviously didn’t know Peggy But I do know that she and her family deserve justice. Her poor mother trying to find out for years and years what happened and where her remains were and they were in that basement the whole time. Just sad sad sad. Hopefully we’ll all find out more soon when that goes back to court.

 

[Niner]

Monday, January 6th:
*Preliminary Hearing (@ am PT) - UT - Peggy Sue Ellsworth Case (28) (disappeared July 8, 1988, Spanish Fork; found May 22, 2017 buried where Peggy & BF used to live) - *Michael Ignatius Kufrin (63/32 @ time of crime) (BF) - arrested & charged (7/17/17) & indicted (10/30/17) with 1st degree felony murder. Has not entered a plea. $250K Cash only bond.
Case was last seen leaving a party in Payson with Kufrin on July 9, 1988.
11/6/17 hearing – Kufrin refused to be transported to court.
6/1/18 Update: 1) Defense counsel filed a motion seeking in-person (contact) visits with their client, their investigator, & a computer. County jail policy apparently won't allow contact visits by investigators, and the use of computers is restricted. Defense counsel argues that the prosecutor's discovery is provided electronically and must be reviewed electronically, and that the defendant is hearing impaired and can't communicate effectively except in person. 2) The State filed a motion to conduct DNA testing that will consume entire samples. Defense counsel wants the testing to be done by a neutral testing facility, with both parties to split the costs, and want their own expert to be present. These motions are both contested, and are set to be heard July 11.
7/11/18 Update: Next Status hearing on 10/22. 10/22/18: Next Pretrial Conference hearing on 11/16. 11/16/18: Status Conference hearing on 12/3/18. 1/5/18: Next Status Conference hearing on 1/11/19. 1/11/19: Next Status Conference hearing on 3/11.
7/11/19 Update: On July 11, the court ordered an evaluation into whether Kufrin is competent to stand trial. His defense counsel had filed a motion, expressing concern that Kufrin did not comprehend the nature of the proceedings or the charges against him. The State stipulated to the order. Hearing on 12/2/19.
12/2/19 Update: Kufrin, formally charged with murder after the discovery of the remains, has been declared competent in the criminal case. Monday’s finding from 4th District Judge Kraig Powell comes after separate evaluations from doctors. It means Kufrin can sufficiently understand the criminal case against him & work with his attorney. Kufrin fired his previous lawyer. His new attorney, Matthew Morrise, declined comment except to say he has just received the case & his client has not yet had a preliminary hearing, which is meant to determine if the evidence is strong enough to advance to trial. Due back in court on 1/6/20.

 

[Niner]

@MsFacetious - probably nothing yet on court site for next hearing?
TIA!

 

[Niner]

@MsFacetious - anything new on the court site? TIA!